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Microsorum scandens. Mokimoki. Fragrant fern.

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Scent

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Phymatodes scandens, Phymatosorus scandens, Polypodium pustulatum, Polypodium scandens

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MOKIMOKI, moki 

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fragrant fern

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Used for scent (Best 1942). In recipe for scent. See Aciphylla.

Strong smelling fern used for perfuming and for scenting oil (Colenso 1868a). "...an agreeable delicate scent" (Colenso 1891b)

Fronds fragrant when freshly dried ( Dobbie and Crookes 1952).

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28 May 2007
30 October 2023
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